TitanTiger 20,499 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Quote ‘Disrespectful lie’: Anger grows over Trump’s claims about past presidents and fallen troops Anger sparked by President Trump’s false claims on Monday that Barack Obama and other past presidents did not reach out to families of fallen American troops swelled into the night. Near midnight Monday, former U.S. attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr., who in 2009 accompanied Obama to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to witness the return of 18 Americans killed in Afghanistan, tweeted for Trump to “stop the damn lying.” He added, “I went to Dover AFB with 44 and saw him comfort the families of both the fallen military & DEA.” View image on Twitter Follow Eric Holder ✔@EricHolder Stop the damn lying - you’re the President. I went to Dover AFB with 44 and saw him comfort the families of both the fallen military & DEA. 10:33 PM - Oct 16, 2017 Retired Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2011 to 2015, said in a tweet that Obama and President George W. Bush “and first ladies cared deeply, worked tirelessly for the serving, the fallen, and their families,” adding: “Not politics. Sacred Trust.” Follow GEN(R) Marty Dempsey ✔@Martin_Dempsey POTUS 43 & 44 and first ladies cared deeply, worked tirelessly for the serving, the fallen, and their families. Not politics. Sacred Trust. 8:54 PM - Oct 16, 2017 Trump sparked the controversy with a casual comment in a disjointed news conference Monday in the Rose Garden. When asked by a reporter why he had not spoken publicly about the four U.S. Special Forces members who were killed in an ambush in Niger nearly two weeks ago, Trump responded that he was going to send their families letters, which were drafted over the weekend, and he justified his behavior by referring to the practices of other presidents. “If you look at President Obama and other presidents, most of them didn’t make calls. A lot of them didn’t make calls. I like to call when it’s appropriate, when I think I am able to do it,” he said. The Washington Post’s Fact Checker judged his description “false.” President Barack Obama salutes as a team carries the remains of Army Sgt. Dale R. Griffin of Terre Haute, Ind., at Dover Air Force Base in October 2009. (Susan Walsh/AP) Though he later seemed to take back the claim, saying that Obama “probably did” write letters “sometimes,” there was an immediate reaction that intensified through the night. Ben Rhodes, who served as Obama’s deputy national security adviser, called the statement “an outrageous and disrespectful lie even by Trump standards.” Follow Ben Rhodes ✔@brhodes This is an outrageous and disrespectful lie even by Trump standards. Also: Obama never attacked a Gold Star family. https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/919988979373608961 … 1:15 PM - Oct 16, 2017 · Washington, DC “Also: Obama never attacked a Gold Star family,” Rhodes added, likely referring to Trump’s lashing out at Khizr Khan, the father of a soldier killed in Iraq. Khan criticized Trump at the Democratic National Convention last year. Several people tweeted a piece written by Dana Perino, who served as President George W. Bush’s press secretary, recalling a day when Bush visited wounded service members at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and “meekly accepted the rage of a grieving mother,” as David Frum, a former Bush speechwriter, tweeted. Follow David Frum ✔@davidfrum The day George W. Bush meekly accepted the rage of a grieving mother in a military hospital by @DanaPerinohttp://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-purple-heart-george-bush-perspec-20160803-story.html … 1:33 PM - Oct 16, 2017 Why George W. Bush stood there and took the wrath of a soldier's mom. Listen up, Donald Trump. Dana Perino recounts how President George W. Bush handled visits to wounded military service members. Listen up, Donald Trump. chicagotribune.com "When my brother was killed, Pres Bush listened while I screamed at him & then held me as I sobbed,” tweeted a user named Delilia O’Malley. Enough other people tweeted stories, videos and photographs of former presidents comforting grieving families that the social media platform curated them into a Twitter Moment. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders later said Trump “wasn’t criticizing predecessors, but stating a fact. When American heroes make the ultimate sacrifice, presidents pay their respects. Sometimes they call, sometimes they send a letter, other times they have the opportunity to meet family members in person.” Follow Joy Reid ✔@JoyAnnReid Trump just can't stop slandering President Obama. But his claim today that Obama didn't call the families of fallen soldiers is a new low. 2:06 PM - Oct 16, 2017 Follow Ana Navarro ✔@ananavarro Simple. President of the United States should not: 1. Lie knowingly & repeatedly; 2. Lie about former POTUSes; 3. Lie about dead soldiers. 6:31 PM - Oct 16, 2017 Follow Red T Raccoon @RedTRaccoon President Obama honored our fallen heroes & their families. Watch what respect for our soldiers & our military tradition should look like. 9:00 PM - Oct 16, 2017 Follow Matthew Miller ✔@matthewamiller What a gross, slanderous thing for Trump to say that other presidents didn't call the families of dead soldiers. View image on Twitter Follow CaptainsLog2017 @CaptainsLog2017 Per @maddow Not only did Obama contact families of fallen soldiers, also contacted families of vets who committed suicide#TrumpLiesMatter 8:13 PM - Oct 16, 2017 Follow Matthew Yglesias ✔@mattyglesias When Obama was actually president, the knock on him in Republican circles was that he was *excessively* involved in mourning dead soldiers. 6:45 PM - Oct 16, 2017 Follow BusyB @bhwayman This is what Trump accused Obama of not doing for Gold Star families and when our soldiers pay the ultimate price! 1:45 AM - Oct 17, 2017 Follow Jim Acosta ✔@Acosta WH says POTUS was "stating a fact" about former presidents including Obama not calling families of fallen soldiers. Fact check: False. 4:56 PM - Oct 16, 2017 View image on Twitter Follow Scott Dworkin ✔@funder .@realDonaldTrump-Not only did @BarackObama call families of fallen soldiers THE DAY THEY WERE NOTIFIED, he met face to face with families. 4:09 PM - Oct 16, 2017 Follow Chris Jackson @ChrisCJackson I still can't fathom the psychosis that would require someone to lie about his predecessors not calling the families of fallen soldiers. 7:51 PM - Oct 16, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/10/17/disrespectful-lie-anger-grows-over-trumps-claims-that-past-presidents-didnt-honor-fallen-troops Every time Trump tells a filthy lie and his supporters say nothing, they are accomplices to the lie. President Trump owes President Obama a full and public apology. No excuses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,973 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 I get the sentiment, but that's a tad over the line for the main Political Forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnacle 9,064 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-purple-heart-george-bush-perspec-20160803-story.html Don't know if I can imagine Trump doing this. Moving story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aujeff11 6,243 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 20 minutes ago, Barnacle said: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-purple-heart-george-bush-perspec-20160803-story.html Don't know if I can imagine Trump doing this. Moving story. Bush was a good CIC imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Tiger 4,261 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Obama didn't call Gen. John Kelley when his son was killed in Afghanistan. It's what is in a Presidents heart that matters when he meets caskets at the airport and only he knows that. Hillary had the gall to meet caskets of the guys killed in Benghazi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUDub 11,158 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 1 hour ago, aujeff11 said: Bush was a good CIC imo. I have my doubts about his efficacy as a president, but very little that he truly cared about the troops and their families. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUDub 11,158 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Proud Tiger said: Obama didn't call Gen. John Kelley when his son was killed in Afghanistan. It's what is in a Presidents heart that matters when he meets caskets at the airport and only he knows that. Hillary had the gall to meet caskets of the guys killed in Benghazi. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/latest-obama-hosted-kelly-breakfast-son-died-50538345 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aujeff11 6,243 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 1 minute ago, Bigbens42 said: I have my doubts about his efficacy as a president, but very little about he truly cared about the troops and their families. Truth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homersapien 11,393 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 What do you expect? Trump's greatest success was as reality show host, primarily because that job complimented his entire persona. Remember the "calm before the storm" comment after his dinner with the military staff? Classic reality show teaser. Tune in next week.... Trump needs evil enemies - Obama, Hillary, McCain, etc. - as opponents in his charade. He exalts himself with baseless comparisons and is always ready to blame others to divert attention. He doesn't give one whit for the truth. The presidency is totally beyond him. He doesn't understand the issues, much less the problems. So he exists in a self-created world where he is comfortable. In this world, it's only about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanTiger 20,499 Posted October 18, 2017 Author Share Posted October 18, 2017 San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich tells it like it is: Quote "This man in the Oval Office is a soulless coward who thinks that he can only become large by belittling others. This has of course been a common practice of his, but to do it in this manner — and to lie about how previous presidents responded to the deaths of soldiers — is as low as it gets. We have a pathological liar in the White House, unfit intellectually, emotionally, and psychologically to hold this office, and the whole world knows it, especially those around him every day." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aujeff11 6,243 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Pop has been saying stuff like this since Trump got the nomination at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,973 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/17/politics/frederica-wilson-widow-fallen-soldier/index.html Maybe it's best he don't call them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanTiger 20,499 Posted October 18, 2017 Author Share Posted October 18, 2017 I'm more and more convinced the main reason this oaf has been "successful" in business is that he was born on third base. If he had to come from nothing without all the built in advantages of wealth and family prestige, his mouth would have never allowed him to get any traction. The vast majority of people can't be this insensitive and tone deaf and make it in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanTiger 20,499 Posted October 18, 2017 Author Share Posted October 18, 2017 Oh, and before someone offers the lame excuse that he's not a "professional politician," that is not what is needed or required in this situation. Simply being human with a basic level of ability to understand how the person you're talking to may feel is all that's needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,973 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I have another sentiment to add but I don't want to get reprimanded.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,973 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I predict a tweet later, something along the line of..." I prefer to meet families of soldiers who " don't " get themselves killed" . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUUSN 823 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 "He knew what he was signing up for." Donald Trump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Tiger 4,261 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 The military gets it. They voted by a good margin for Trump and would if the election were held today. They don't mess around on message boards. They see reality and know Trump cares about them. They see he is putting money where his mouth is by making a big increase in the DOD budget for new ships. planes, and updated equipment across the board. They also know he cares about them in getting good medical care. Carrry on Trump haters......make my day!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanTiger 20,499 Posted October 18, 2017 Author Share Posted October 18, 2017 5 minutes ago, Proud Tiger said: The military gets it. They voted by a good margin for Trump and would if the election were held today. They don't mess around on message boards. They see reality and know Trump cares about them. They see he is putting money where his mouth is by making a big increase in the DOD budget for new ships. planes, and updated equipment across the board. They also know he cares about them in getting good medical care. Carrry on Trump haters......make my day!!! Yes they voted for him over Hillary. No, you do not know if they would vote for him if there was an election today because you can't say who'd be running against him. While it may tell you who they, at the time, preferred between him and Hillary it doesn't really tell you how much they like him. At least one pre-election poll (before the nominations were decided) showed Trump as the first choice of about 27% and Bernie Sanders at about 22% of those who were serving or had served in the military. So there's really no telling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shabby 1,958 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 And it continues. According to the Washington Post Trump called another parent of a fallen twenty-two-year-old soldier. He promised to give $25,000 to support the family and also arrange a fundraiser for the family. According to parents he did neither. Is it possible that Trump isn't a liar perhaps he just has dementia and doesn't remember half the crap he promises. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-offered-a-grieving-military-father-25000-in-a-call-but-didnt-follow-through/2017/10/18/8d4cbc8c-b43a-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_goldstar-410pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.acdb4c8be71d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVAU 673 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 10 minutes ago, shabby said: And it continues. According to the Washington Post Trump called another parent of a fallen twenty-two-year-old soldier. He promised to give $25,000 to support the family and also arrange a fundraiser for the family. According to parents he did neither. Is it possible that Trump isn't a liar perhaps he just has dementia and doesn't remember half the crap he promises. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-offered-a-grieving-military-father-25000-in-a-call-but-didnt-follow-through/2017/10/18/8d4cbc8c-b43a-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_goldstar-410pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.acdb4c8be71d Either way, I'm hoping his power is being appropriately checked by his administration and Congress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUDub 11,158 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 21 hours ago, Bigbens42 said: I have my doubts about his efficacy as a president, but very little that he truly cared about the troops and their families. Let's expand on this, as it struck me that Trump has done more for the reputations if Bush and Obama than anyone else. Theyboth had at least a basic understanding of how the US government works, and they did both make efforts to work within its confines (with Obama being thwarted a lot). But there was never an impression that either of them did not respect the rule of law or the Constitution. There was never an impression that they were trying to feather their own nests, either. In W's case, it has really been his demeanor since leaving office which has most impressed me. In this period, he has shown a level of character which, by way of contrast, remains totally absent in Dick Cheney. And one can (at least I can) see in Bush a real empathy for others which I've never seen in Rove. But Trump is never going to be reflective. He's never going to feel much empathy for others. He's never going to have "character" because that word and attribute refer to honesty, to transparency, to consistency, to dependability and to an innate sense of community membership. For conservatives, has your opinion on Obama changed or evolved? Same for liberals, same question, only with W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aujeff11 6,243 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Bigbens42 said: Let's expand on this, as it struck me that Trump has done more for the reputations if Bush and Obama than anyone else. Theyboth had at least a basic understanding of how the US government works, and they did both make efforts to work within its confines (with Obama being thwarted a lot). But there was never an impression that either of them did not respect the rule of law or the Constitution. There was never an impression that they were trying to feather their own nests, either. In W's case, it has really been his demeanor since leaving office which has most impressed me. In this period, he has shown a level of character which, by way of contrast, remains totally absent in Dick Cheney. And one can (at least I can) see in Bush a real empathy for others which I've never seen in Rove. But Trump is never going to be reflective. He's never going to feel much empathy for others. He's never going to have "character" because that word and attribute refer to honesty, to transparency, to consistency, to dependability and to an innate sense of community membership. For conservatives, has your opinion on Obama changed or evolved? Same for liberals, same question, only with W. It’s kinda like the Dane Cook movie “My Best Friend’s Girl. Dane’s character was paid to act like a dick to women just so the average joe’s would all of a sudden be preferable. I can imagine the next President will enjoy an extended Honeymoon period. I always liked Obama. I thought Bush was a great CIC. I was just a kid in 2001 but after the fact, I started watching the news everyday and really started paying attention. The more I got older and as the years continued on after 2001, Bush slowly became the president that didn’t hang the moon for me. I didn’t appreciate Bush charging veterans during 44’s presidency to hear his speech either. Those were still his soldiers, out of the office or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DKW 86 7,431 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 On 10/17/2017 at 7:22 PM, homersapien said: Trump needs evil enemies - Obama, Hillary, McCain, etc. - as opponents in his charade. He exalts himself with baseless comparisons and is always ready to blame others to divert attention. He doesn't give one whit for the truth. I think that could easily be said of most politicians in America today. They all paint their opponents as Evil. THEY ALL DO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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